Trent Reznor Hints at New Nine Inch Nails Music This Year

Last year, Nine Inch Nails teased a new album—the follow-up to 2013’s Hesitation Marks—but since then, the band has been tight-lipped on details. Although Trent Reznor recently debunked rumors of a new song called “Dive and Slam,” he’s now hinted that new music this year is still on the cards. Reznor was asked by a follower on Instagram, mike1978_, “What's the word on new NIN for 2016 like you said @treznor???” His response: “2016 is not over yet.”

Since Hesitation Marks, the band has stayed busy, especially Reznor. In 2014, he served as Chief Creative Officer at the fledgling streaming service Beats Music. Apple later acquired the platform, and Reznor has since gone on to fill the same role at Apple Music. Also in 2014, he scored the film Gone Girl with Atticus Ross. Their efforts earned them Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Score. They linked up again this year for “Juno,” to celebrate NASA’s mission to Jupiter, then joined forces with Mogwai and Gustavo Santaolalla to score Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate change doc Before the Flood. This month, Reznor and Ross revealed they’re also scoring Patriot’s Day, a Mark Wahlberg movie about the Boston Marathon bombings. Next year, Reznor and Robin Finck are slated to appear in Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” reboot.

As for the band, in 2013, they released a live EP shortly after Hesitation Marks came out. In 2015, they put out a vinyl box set called Halo I-IV, as well as a book, Cargo in the Blood, featuring one-of-a-kind paintings.